Southern railway plans more trains from Chennai

The Southern Railway has announced that new train services for Bikaner, Santragachi, Palani and Thanjavur would be introduced from Chennai this year. However, the date of introduction would be notified later.

According to the new timetable released by the Southern Railway, which came into effect on July 1, new air-conditioned express trains, connecting Chennai Central with Bikaner and Santragachi would be launched.

The Southern Railway has also announced two new express trains connecting the State capital with two important towns in South Tamil Nadu.

An express train between Chennai and Palani is on cards. The train will have stoppages at Arakkonam, Katpadi, Jolarpettai, Salem, Namakkal, Rasipuram, Karur, Dindigul, Akkaraipatti, Oddanchatram and Chatrappatti.

Besides, a daily train service from Chennai Egmore to Thanjavur would be introduced this year. The train will stop at Tambaram, Chengalpattu, Melmaruvathur, Tindivanam, Villupuram, Cuddalore Port Jn., Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai, Kuttalam, Aduthurai, Kumbakonam and Papanasam.

Train no.16177/16178 Chennai Egmore – Tiruchchirappalli/Kumbakonam Rock Fort Exp. will be short terminated at Tiruchchirappalli. Train no. 16089/16090 Chennai Central - Tirupattur Yelagiri Express will be short terminated at Jolarpettai from July 1.

On the other hand, the train numbers of the following trains will be re-numbered with effect from dates mentioned against each train:

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